Posts Tagged ‘New England Patriots’

Former New England Patriots star running back Mack Herron has been arrested on heroin possession charges in Chicago. Herron, who is only 5 foot, 5 inches tall, set the NFL record for all purpose yards in 1974. Herron put up 2,444 yards rushing, receiving and returning kicks. Although that record has since been broken, Herron’s 174.3 yards-per-game is still the best in NFL history.

Herron has been arrested some 20 times since the end of his playing career-all on narcotics charges.

The Jets spent the entire week trash talking before their December game against the New England Patriots. The result was a 45-3 asskicking, arguably the most humiliating loss in Jets history.

Now, leading up to the third Patriots/Jets meeting of the year, the Jets are STILL talking crap heading into Sunday’s playoff game. In an interview with the New York Daily News, Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie called Patriots quarterback Tom Brady an “asshole.”

Cromartie was blasting Brady for his pointing to the Jets sideline following a fourth quarter touchdown pass to put his club up 38-3.

Frustrated New England Patriots fans actually booed star quarterback Tom Brady on Sunday. Brady made a couple of crucial early turnovers which led to a season-ending 27-7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Patriots fans booed the home team even louder following a long Chris Carr punt return by the Ravens.

The Randy Moss situation with the New England Patriots is in full crisis mode. The Patriots moved to 8-5 Sunday with a 20-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers. Unfortunately, that’s not what anyone is going to be talking about this week. Once again, wide receiver Randy Moss is unhappy with his NFL employer.

Moss caught just one pass against Carolina, and he fumbled after that lone reception. Meanwhile, as a fuming Moss disappeared from the New England pass attack, his fellow Pats receiver Wes Welker caught 10 passes for 105 yards. Welker now leads the entire NFL in receptions with 105 and took the Patriots team lead in yards away from Moss. Clearly, he is now quarterback Tom Brady’s favorite receiver. Time and again Sunday Brady seemed to be looking only for Welker.

After the game, Moss was ridiculed by the Panthers corner who shut him down. Chris Gamble told reporters, “He’d just give up a lot; slow down; he’s not going deep; not trying to run a route. You can tell (by) his body language. I know everyone who plays against him, they can sense that. Once you get into him in the beginning of the game, he shuts it down a little bit.”

It’s bad enough that the cornerback covering Moss said he knew the tempramental receiver would “shut it down” but the guy also took a shot from his own quarterback. Brady called Moss out saying,

“If you’re a quarterback, you throw picks, you throw bad balls. If you’re a receiver, you drop balls. If you’re a running back, you fumble balls. You know, it’s just part of the process. It’s about making the next one a good one and not making the next one a bad one because you’re a little bit down in the dumps.”

Moss was booed by his own fans and the media is already speculating on his quitting on yet another NFL team. Moss fled the Patriots locker room without talking to reporters Sunday.

Monday Brady vehemently defended Moss but he was blasted by a former teammate. Receiving legend Chris Carter, now with ESPN, called Moss’ performance “pathetic.”

The mascot for the New England Patriots has been arrested on prostitution charges in Rhode Island. Robert Sormanti who dresses up as “Pat Patriot” was among 14 people arrested in a hotel prostitution sting operation.